Addressing Global Disparities in Breast Cancer by Transforming Surgical Pathology in Ethiopia: Early Implementation of Immunohistochemistry
A manual IHC program for BC was established in a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia. The service reached facilities up to 500 km away. Facilities that reported the cold ischemia and formalin time have met standards of care. The median age of BC was 38 years, and two-third were hormone positive, consistent with other reports in the country. Future work will include more regional training on preanalytical variables and developing capacity to evaluate HER2neu 2+ equivocal cases.
Authors
- Daniel Schmolze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6947-2546)
- Leslie Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-4687)
- Alemwosen Teklehaimanot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2055-6949)
- Rebecca A. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-6285)
- Meron Gebrekirstos Teklehaimanot
- Teketel Tadesse Geremew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1691-8507)
Institutions
- City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
- Hawassa University (ET)
- City of Hope (US)
- Beckman Research Institute
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Global Oncology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/go-25-00178
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00